Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-17
A GALLANT JUDGE.
A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TUass
PROSECUTOR.
A slsuderer Punished-Military Notes
Cotton Earthquake and Landslide
Crushed to Death.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch.l

Judge Shipp, OF the supreme Court,
has done q chivalrous thing in Martin
county in becoming the prosecutor
himself Of a man who had slandered
younQ woman. The slanderer, whose
name is Augustus Mizzell, was convict
cd and got nine months in Jail.
Mayor Davis, of Henderson, has re-
siened and Town Commissioner \. b.
Persse is elected to ill the position.
The Oxford and GAINESVILLE railway
officers have fled fifty thousand dol
lar bond payable to the town of Dur
ham if they fail to build to that place
and have contracted to employ no con-
Wet labor.
A military company WAS organized mt
Newberne last evening, with DR.. George
Glover as captain and forty-one mem
bers.
The increase in cotton receipts at
Wilmington this season is already over
5000 bales and at Raleigh 1900 over
last season.
At WILLIAMSON several wooden build
ings owned by Professor Sylvester Has
sell. of Wilson, have been burned.
Loss, 81, GOO; no insurance.
News was received here to-day that
there was quite a sharp earthquake
shock in Arson county n few days
since. 1t is said TO have caused land
slide. A portion of bill slid into the
valley, carrying large trees with It with
out oyerturning them.
Julia Ann Ross, o white woman who
recently el0ped with negro eX.cOn-
Wet named Charles Bruton, has been
arrested at Rockingham and is in jail.
Deputy Sheriff Collins, Of Ponder
county, to-day brought five conyicts to
the pcnitcntiary.
John l.. Dudley, Thomas u. Mcares,
John N. Sherwood. c. ". Lambeth,
and ". L. Hollowcll have been ap-
rointed to revise and prepare the con
siitution of grand and subordinate
lodges Of tho Knights of Pythias.
Richard Smith was crushed to death
at Wilmington last night while coupling
caIs. The accident was the result of
CafelCssness.
Much interest IS shown in theraunion
of the First North Carolina cavalry
during the State Fair at Raleigh. Cen
eral Robert Ransom, its old commander
anticipates large attendance. There9l-
ment is dear to North Carolinians, aud
was one of hevery finestin either army.
General Ransom used to be noted in
those days as a rider, and it was said
that he was the best horseman in either
the Confederate or Federal service.
The Sandy Creek Baptist Association,
the Oldest in the State, will hold its
l2Gth annual meeting in Chatham
county, beginning on the 29th instant
The county Of Mecklenburg. one of
TIE most progressive in the state, pro-
roses TO show the world what IS doing
Tomorrow meeting will be- held at
Charlotte to arrange for the holding OF
farmers institute, fair and a cattle
show the first week in November.
Commissioner Robinson, Of the De
rartment Of Agriculture, said to-day
" AprOpOs Of the interest the farmers
are now taking in matters which con-
Germ them let me tell yOu something.
Last week / went to Monroe to attend
a farmers institute to be held few
miles from that point. Friends in
Monroe said 10 me on my arrival that
it was not worth while to 90 that not
over fifty farmers would be present. |
went and found over 800 farmers
thcre-all enthusiastic and all eager to
Gain information. ] have never seen
such an agricultural awakening in all
my life. There are sure to be results
from such q widespread and earnest
movement"
The health of Colonel Eugene More
head. of Durham, is said TO be re-
markably improved. All hope for his
recovery WAS for days abandoned and
the change for the better Is remarkable.
lie is now at Ashevillc.
IN Davidson county men named
Swicegcod has been convicted. and will
probably 90 to the penitentitry for
taking the census Ot paOllc-schoOl
children IN district and reporting
twenty mote than were really resident
therein. a man named Hedrich Joined
in signing this report. Years ago this
kind Of knaycry was common under the
Republican administration. \ report
would be made that there were three
hundred negro children in a district
and the prescribed sum per cap|ta
would be allowed. The committee
would take the money and use 1t for
the two hundred children really in the
district, appropriaiing the balance.
Swicegood, who nov offcnds and Is
punished, IS a Kepubli an.
Some weeks ago mention was made
of strange plant which originated in
an interIninglIng of cotton and okra.
1t is said now that the stalk is OF large
size, that the bolls are numerous, and
that the staple approaches that of Sea
island cotton in length. This "okra-
cotton is now growing, az al expert
ment, in three counties. Mr.. W. G.
Bowen, of Northampton county, says
the hybrid cotton is success and will
stand commercial tests. Next season
extensive experiments with the new
plant will be made.